operar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin operāre, present active infinitive of operō. Doublet of obrar, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.pəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.pəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [o.peˈɾaɾ]

Verb

operar (first-person singular present opero, first-person singular preterite operí, past participle operat)

1. to produce, to achieve
2. to operate (to perform surgery)

Related terms

• cooperar
• operació
• operador
• operatiu

Further reading

• “operar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “operar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “operar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “operar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin operari, present active infinitive of operor. Cognate of obrar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.pɨ.ˈɾaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /o.pe.ˈɾa(ʁ)/
• Hyphenation: o‧pe‧rar

Verb

1. to operate, function

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin operāre, present active infinitive of operō. Doublet of obrar, which was inherited

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /opeˈɾaɾ/ [o.peˈɾaɾ]

Verb

1. to produce, to achieve

   Synonym: realizar

2. to operate (to perform surgery)
3. to operate (to deal in a commodity)
4. (reflexive) to undergo plastic surgery

   ¿Te has operado de algo? (¿Te has sometido a alguna cirugía estética?)

   Have you undergone some plastic surgery?

   Mi hermana quiere operarse/Mi hermana se quiere operar. (¿Mi hermana quiere someterse a una operación de cirugía estética?)

   My sister wants to undergo a cosmetic surgery operation.

   Dicen que esta actriz porno está operada.

   They say that this porn actress has had plastic surgery.

Related terms

• cooperar
• operación
• operador
• operativo

Further reading

• “operar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014